Psalms 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 107:5 in other translations
| BSB | They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. |
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| WEB | Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
| ASV | Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them. |
| YLT | Hungry--yea--thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble, |
| DARBY | Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them: |
| BBE | Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink. |
| Webster | Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
What does Psalms 107:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:4-7
4-7. A graphic picture is given of the sufferings of those who from distant lands returned to Jerusalem; or, city of habitation--may mean the land of Palestine.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:1-9
In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass…
Psalms 107:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 107:5
- Mark 8:2-3
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
- Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
- 1 Samuel 30:11-12
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
- Judges 15:18-19
And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
- Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
- Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
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Context
- Psalms 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Psalms 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
- Psalms 107:6
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hambrientos y sedientos, su alma desfallecía en ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils étaient affamés et altérés, leur âme défaillait en eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hungrig waren sie und durstig, es verschmachtete in ihnen ihre Seele. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia magna est super cælos misericordia tua, et usque ad nubes veritas tua. |